摘要Objective: To describe the development of interpretive profiles for a hermeneutic phenomenological research study. Methods: literature review was conducted to identify research that has used interpretive profiles. An initial interpretive profile was constructed. Results: The final outcome was an interpretive profile that contained a case summary and addressed the aims of the researcher's study. The interpretive profile contained background material, coded excerpts, and interpretive comments. Conclusions: Interpretive profiles can assist emerging scholars in describing self-world relations and experiential variations within and across par ticipants. Interpretive profiles can facilitate the writing of disser tations and manuscripts since the data is systematically archived and easily retrievable.